Job applicant left 'crying' after receiving email 'that's worse than the rejection'

Job applicant reading an email.

Hunting around for a new job can be a thoroughly disheartening process. It's almost a relief to receive an email to inform you that, unfortunately, you haven't been successful on this occasion in comparison to hearing nothing back at all.

But one woman who applied for a job shared the letter that dropped into her inbox afterwards - and people have said the contents of the email is "worse than the rejection".